“It’s horrible. It’s a sour smell, like rotten eggs or spoiled food.”

— Milpitas resident Malgorzata Sorys, on the odor from the nearby Newby Island Sanitary Landfill. The Bay Area Air District last week issued an abatement order for the landfill, owned by International Disposal Corp. of California, to increase air monitoring, reduce emissions and take significant steps to reduce odors.